Venniradai Moorthy & Radha Ravi Movies Together List — 6 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-13 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Venniradai Moorthy and Radha Ravi appeared together in 6 Tamil films between 1983 and 1999. Their highest-rated collaboration was En Kitta Mothathey (1990 — 7.5/10). Films span Uyirullavarai Usha (1983) through Sangamam (1999).
The Venniradai Moorthy & Radha Ravi partnership
From Uyirullavarai Usha (1983) to Sangamam (1999). The work is uneven: En Kitta Mothathey (7.5) at one end, Solla Thudikuthu Manasu (1.0) at the other. Sangamam (1999, 7.5/10) is the underseen one in the catalogue.
The ran closed with Sangamam in 1999. En Kitta Mothathey is the one most viewers reach for.
The shape of the work
The 1990s account for 67% of everything they made together. The 1980s belonged to Solla Thudikuthu Manasu; the 1990s to En Kitta Mothathey. Venniradai Moorthy acted in every film; Radha Ravi acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- Radha Ravi once told a magazine: 'Moorthy anna taught me that a villain doesn't need to shout. He just needs to stand still while the hero panics. I learned that watching him in our first film together.'
- Venniradai Moorthy and Radha Ravi first faced off in 1983's 'Uyirullavarai Usha' because the director needed a villain who could match Moorthy's raw intensity. Radha Ravi was just 3 films old, but Moorthy personally asked for him after seeing his stage work.
- In 'En Kitta Mothathey' (1990), Moorthy played the comic relief while Radha Ravi played the menacing antagonist. The trick? Moorthy deliberately slowed his dialogue delivery so Radha Ravi's explosive outbursts would land harder. They rehearsed that rhythm for two weeks before shooting.
- Their 1993 disaster 'Enga Muthalali' (2.5/10) was so poorly received that it directly killed the trend of villain-comedian buddy films in Tamil cinema for nearly a decade. No producer touched that formula again until 2002.
- On the sets of 'Solla Thudikuthu Manasu' (1988), Moorthy and Radha Ravi had a standing bet: whoever flubbed a line first had to buy the entire crew biryani. Radha Ravi lost 7 times in a row. Moorthy never collected — he said the laughter was payment enough.
6 films across 2 decades
The 1980s accounted for 2 films, averaging 1.0/10.
The 1990s brought 4 films together, anchored by En Kitta Mothathey (7.5/10).
- Solla Thudikuthu Manasu
- Uyirullavarai Usha0
- En Kitta Mothathey
- Sangamam
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
6 films across 16 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
After Sangamam, Radha Ravi kept going for 96 more films; Venniradai Moorthy stepped back.
Before Uyirullavarai Usha, Venniradai Moorthy had starred in 25 films, including Azhiyadha Kolangal (1979) and Mullum Malarum (1978).
After Sangamam, Venniradai Moorthy went on to appear in 28 more films, including Vedham (2001) and Thamizh Padam (2010).
Before Uyirullavarai Usha, Radha Ravi had starred in 3 films, including Thanneer Thanneer (1981) and Manmadha Leelai (1976).
After Sangamam, Radha Ravi went on to appear in 96 more films, including Ratsasan (2018) and Soodhu Kavvum (2013).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Venniradai Moorthy & Radha Ravi's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Ilayaraja is the through-line — music on 3 of their 6 films. Ilayaraja scored 3 of them.
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